ASO Has Gone Green!

Our Green Power Commitment

ASO, like our customers, is concerned about the environmental impact of our energy use. We work hard to speed development of a more sustainable, low-carbon, renewable energy economy. Therefore, in addition to using energy efficient hosting technologies, ASO has chosen to go a step further and match 200&percnt; of the electricity it uses with renewable energy, in the form of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This commitment will ensure that for every kilowatt hour of electricity used to host your website, another two kilowatt hours of electricity is generated by renewable energy projects and delivered to the power grid.

We have lowered our carbon footprint by supporting 11,920,000 KWH of Renewable Energy with the purchase of Green-e Energy Certified Renewable Energy Certificates.

This has an environmental impact similar to:

Growing 215,783 trees per year for ten years

or &roarr;

Taking 1,753 cars off the road for 1 year

or &roarr;

Not using 19,571 barrels of oil

3Degrees Certification

A Small Orange has partnered with 3Degrees to help us assess the environmental impact of our electricity use, and mitigate our environmental impact. A five-time winner of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Green Power Supplier of the Year Award, 3Degrees helps organizations like ours match their electricity use with Green-e Energy. A REC represents one megawatt-hour of electricity generated from wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, low-impact hydro or other Green-e Energy approved renewable energy technologies. Endorsed as a means to support renewable energy by the Union of Concerned Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council and World Resources Institute, RECs provide renewable energy project owners with a revenue stream that supplements the revenue they secure from the sale of their projects' electricity.